"Last night, President Obama authorized an American military and humanitarian mission inside Iraq. Today, the bombing began with a pair of airstrikes on an ISIS artillery site near the Kurdish city of Irbil in the country's northern region. America's war in Iraq has resumed...

In short, a worst case scenario is playing out in Iraq, and the United States is trying to play catch-up to extinguish some of the fresh fires. Innocent Iraqis are terrified. A group worse than Al Qaeda is on the march and gaining steam, armed with American weapons taken from unprepared Iraqi forces. This was all predictable and avoidable. But for years, the Obama administration placed political considerations above national interests. Obama wanted to fulfill a popular campaign promise and pull out from Iraq completely, and he didn't let pesky details like securing a crucial status of forces agreement stand in his way. The world is now witnessing the bloody consequences of those decisions, and Obama is sufficiently cornered by his own actions that he's done the unthinkable: Re-engaging a war he's made a career out of opposing. In another irony, Obama's power to intervene is laid out in Congress' original Authorization of Military Force in Iraq, which the White House has actively sought to vitiate. This was their position as recently as last week. Moving forward with strikes is the right decision, and Obama should be commended for making it -- but the context that has forced his hand cannot be ignored.The question now becomes how far the US is prepared to take this mission. White House officials have been quoted as alternatively describing it as "very limited" in nature, and a "very long campaign." The top US military leader in Iraq is calling for the neutralization and defeat of ISIS...

Welcome to the Iraq War 3.0 -- what will it look like, and how long will it last?"

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2..._campaign=nl_pm

This strike was aimed at an "ISIS artillery site near the Kurdish city of Irbil in the country's northern region". It is important to note that in addition to our embassy in Baghdad, the United States has an undetermined number of troops in Irbil (also Erbil) in Kurdish territory and in Basra to the south.

"The newest set of deployed troops will join the 275 security forces that Obama authorized — with the consent of the Iraqi government — on June 16, “to provide support and security for US personnel and the US Embassy in Baghdad.” These forces were also being sent to help the US State Department during the initial relocation of its staff from the embassy in Baghdad to consulates in Basra and Erbil."

If these troops are attacked, then what Generalissimo Obama?